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The Kennedy Assassination - 24 Hours After: Lyndon B. Johnson's Pivotal First Day as President
Steven Gillon
Next air time: Sunday, November 22nd at 9am (ET)

The Last Founding Father: James Monroe and a Nation's Call to Greatness
Harlow Unger
Next air time: Monday, November 23rd at 1am (ET)

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The Harding Affair: Love and Espionage During the Great War James David Robenalt Last aired: November 7, 2009	In Defense of Thomas Jefferson: The Sally Hemmings Sex Scandal William Hyland Jr. Last aired: November 1, 2009
Jimmy Carter: The Liberal Left and World Chaos Mike Evans Last aired: October 25, 2009	Robert Dallek, author of "Harry S. Truman" and James Mann, author of "The Rebellion of Ronald Reagan" Robert Dallek; James Mann Last aired: October 18, 2009
The Age of Reagan: The Conservative Counterrevolution 1980-1989 Steven Hayward Last aired: September 13, 2009	A Safe Haven: Harry S. Truman and the Founding of Israel Allis Radosh; Ronald Radosh Last aired: August 30, 2009
Reagan's Secret War: The Untold Story of His Fight to Save the World from Nuclear Disaster Annelise Anderson; Martin Anderson Last aired: August 29, 2009	A. Lincoln: A Biography Ronald White, Jr. Last aired: August 23, 2009
What the Heck Are You Up To, Mr. President?: Jimmy Carter, America's "Malaise," and the Speech that Should Have Changed the Country Kevin Mattson Last aired: August 23, 2009	Lincoln on Race and Slavery Henry Louis Gates Last aired: August 22, 2009
George McGovern: Abraham Lincoln George McGovern Last aired: August 22, 2009	Rick Perlstein "Nixonland" Organization of American Historians 2009 Rick Perlstein Last aired: August 16, 2009
The Wilderness Warrior: Theodore Roosevelt and the Crusade for America - Part One Douglas Brinkley Last aired: August 1, 2009	The Wilderness Warrior: Theodore Roosevelt and the Crusade for America - Part Two Douglas Brinkley Last aired: August 1, 2009
Craig Symonds, Lincoln and His Admirals George McGovern; Craig Symonds Last aired: July 13, 2009	Presidential Command: Power, Leadership, and the Making of Foreign Policy from Richard Nixon to George W. Bush Peter Rodman Last aired: July 6, 2009
Traitor to His Class: The Privileged Life and Radical Presidency of Franklin Delano Roosevelt H.W. Brands Last aired: July 3, 2009	What Obama Means for Our Culture, Our Politics, Our Future Jabari Asim Last aired: June 21, 2009
Harry Truman's Excellent Adventure: The True Story of a Great American Road Trip Matthew Algeo Last aired: June 15, 2009	A Slobbering Love Affair: The True and Pathetic Story of the Torrid Romance Between Barack Obama and the Mainstream Media Bernard Goldberg Last aired: June 7, 2009
Lincoln's Men: The President and His Private Secretaries Daniel Mark Epstein Last aired: May 23, 2009	Harold Holzer on Abraham Lincoln and William Shakespeare Harold Holzer Last aired: May 18, 2009
Between Barack and a Hard Place: Racism and White Denial in the Age of Obama Tim Wise Last aired: May 10, 2009	American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House - Winner of 2009 Pulitzer Prize in Biography Jon Meacham Last aired: April 25, 2009
The Rebellion of Ronald Reagan: A History of the End of the Cold War James Mann Last aired: April 5, 2009	The Painter's Chair: George Washington and the Making of American Art Hugh Howard Last aired: April 4, 2009
Deciding the Next Decider: The 2008 Presidential Race in Rhyme Calvin Trillin Last aired: March 30, 2009	Tear Down This Myth: How the Reagan Legacy has Distorted Our Politics and Haunts Our Future Will Bunch Last aired: March 29, 2009
"A Long Time Coming: The Inspiring, Combative 2008 Campaign and the Historic Election of Barack Obama" Evan Thomas Last aired: March 22, 2009	Lincoln: The Biography of a Writer Fred Kaplan Last aired: March 21, 2009
Panel on the American Presidency with Gary May, "John Tyler," William Leuchtenburg, "Herbert Hoover," and Timothy Naftali, "George H.W. Bush" William Leuchtenburg; Gary May; Timothy Naftali Last aired: March 21, 2009	The Lincoln Anthology: Great Writers on His Life and Legacy from 1860 to Now Harold Holzer Last aired: March 21, 2009
FDR's Folly: How Roosevelt and His New Deal Prolonged the Great Depression Jim Powell Last aired: March 15, 2009	Thomas Jefferson's Library Mark Dimunation Last aired: March 14, 2009
Panel Discussion on the Books that Inspired Barack Obama Eric Alterman; Susan Jacoby; David Samuels; Colm Toibin Last aired: March 7, 2009	1960 LBJ vs. JFK vs. Nixon: The Epic Campaign That Forged Three Presidencies David Pietrusza Last aired: February 22, 2009
Nothing to Fear: FDR's Inner Circle and the Hundred Days That Created Modern America Adam Cohen Last aired: February 15, 2009	"Welcome to Obamaland" on Washington Journal James Delingpole Last aired: February 15, 2009
The Faith of Barack Obama Stephen Mansfield Last aired: January 18, 2009	Washington Journal Series on Presidents: "Harry S. Truman" Robert Dallek Last aired: January 18, 2009
Washington Journal Series on Presidents: "His Excellency, George Washington" Joseph Ellis Last aired: January 18, 2009	Washington Journal Series on Presidents: "Traitor to His Class" H.W. Brands Last aired: January 18, 2009
Paranoid Nation: The Real Story of the 2008 Fight for the Presidency Matt Towery Last aired: January 18, 2009	The Cult of the Presidency: America's Dangerous Devotion to Executive Power Gene Healy Last aired: January 12, 2009
Washington Journal Series on Presidents: "Herbert Hoover" William Leuchtenburg Last aired: January 11, 2009	Washington Journal Series on Presidents: "American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House" Jon Meacham Last aired: January 11, 2009
Washington Journal Series on Presidents: "The Hemingses of Monticello" Annette Gordon-Reed Last aired: January 10, 2009	Founding Friendship: George Washington, James Madison and the Creation of the American Republic Stuart Leibiger Last aired: January 2, 2009
Michael Burlingame, "Abraham Lincoln: A Life" Michael Burlingame Last aired: December 27, 2008	Lincoln President-Elect: Abraham Lincoln and the Great Secession Winter, 1860-1861 Harold Holzer Last aired: December 26, 2008
Dear First Lady: Letters to the White House Dwight Young and Margaret Johnson Last aired: December 25, 2008	1912: Wilson, Roosevelt, Taft & Debs- The Election that Changed the Country James Chace Last aired: December 21, 2008
First Families: The Impact of the White House on Their Lives Bonnie Angelo Last aired: December 15, 2008	America’s First Families: An Inside View of Private Life in the White House Carl Anthony Last aired: December 14, 2008
Reinventing Richard Nixon: A Cultural History of an American Obsession Daniel Frick Last aired: December 14, 2008	Panel Discussion on the American Presidency with Presidential biographers and historians Robert Caro, Ted Sorensen, and Bob Clark James Atlas; Robert Caro; Bob Clark; Ted Sorensen Last aired: December 14, 2008
Jonathan Alter "The Defining Moment" Jonathan Alter Last aired: December 8, 2008	Tried by War: Lincoln as Commander-in-Chief James McPherson Last aired: November 29, 2008
Thomas Jefferson's Library Tour and Radio Show Mark Dimunation; Daniel De Simone Last aired: November 28, 2008	Andrew Jackson and His Indian Wars Robert Remini Last aired: November 27, 2008
Too Close to the Sun: Growing Up in the Shadow of My Grandparents, Franklin and Eleanor Curtis Roosevelt Last aired: November 23, 2008

This Weekend's TV Schedule

Beginning Saturdays at 8am (ET)

Highlights

Senate Health Care Debate Coverage
U.S. Senate
Next air time: Saturday, November 21st, at 10am (ET)
Approx. 11 hr.

2009 National Book Awards
Multiple Authors
Next air time: Saturday, November 21st, at 9pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 30 min.

2009 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD NONFICTION WINNER - The First Tycoon: The Epic Life of Cornelius Vanderbilt
T.J. Stiles
Next air time: Saturday, November 21st, at 11pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 11 min.

After Words: Nomi Prins, author of "It Takes a Pillage" interviewed by Sen. Bernie Sanders
Next air time: Sunday, November 22nd, at 12am (ET)
Approx. 54 min.

The Kennedy Assassination - 24 Hours After: Lyndon B. Johnson's Pivotal First Day as President
Steven Gillon
Next air time: Sunday, November 22nd, at 9am (ET)
Approx. 54 min.

Not Invited to the Party: How the Demopublicans Have Rigged the System and Left Independents Out in the Cold
Theresa Amato; James Bennett
Next air time: Sunday, November 22nd, at 10pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 35 min.

Going Rogue: An American Life
Sarah Palin
Next air time: Sunday, November 22nd, at 5:45pm (ET)
Approx. 45 min.

The Persecution of Sarah Palin: How the Elite Media Tried to Bring Down a Rising Star
Matthew Continetti
Next air time: Sunday, November 22nd, at 6:30pm (ET)
Approx. 45 min.

Sarah from Alaska: The Sudden Rise and Brutal Education of a New Conservative Superstar
Scott Conroy; Shushannah Walshe
Next air time: Sunday, November 22nd, at 7:15pm (ET)
Approx. 45 min.

Rendezvous with Destiny: Ronald Reagan and the Campaign That Changed America
Craig Shirley
Next air time: Monday, November 23rd, at 2am (ET)
Approx. 59 min.

Also Airing...

Saturday, November 21st

8am (ET)
Approx. 44 min.
Rehnquist: A Personal Portrait of the Distinguished Chief Justice of the United States
Herman Obermayer

8:45am (ET)
Approx. 47 min.
Carlotta Walls LaNier, "A Mighty Long Way" and Terrence Roberts, "Lessons from Little Rock"
Carlotta Walls LaNier; Terrence Roberts

10am (ET)
Approx. 11 hr.
Senate Health Care Debate Coverage
U.S. Senate

9pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 30 min.
2009 National Book Awards
Multiple Authors

11pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 11 min.
2009 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD NONFICTION WINNER - The First Tycoon: The Epic Life of Cornelius Vanderbilt
T.J. Stiles

Sunday, November 22nd

12am (ET)
Approx. 54 min.
After Words: Nomi Prins, author of "It Takes a Pillage" interviewed by Sen. Bernie Sanders

2am (ET)
Approx. 48 min.
Trotsky: Downfall of a Revolutionary
Bertrand Patenaude

3am (ET)
Approx. 57 min.
The Predictioneer's Game: Using the Logic of Brazen Self-Interest to See and Shape the Future
Bruce Bueno de Mesquita

4am (ET)
Approx. 44 min.
Rehnquist: A Personal Portrait of the Distinguished Chief Justice of the United States
Herman Obermayer

4:45am (ET)
Approx. 47 min.
Carlotta Walls LaNier, "A Mighty Long Way" and Terrence Roberts, "Lessons from Little Rock"
Carlotta Walls LaNier; Terrence Roberts

5:30am (ET)
Approx. 33 min.
Google Book Search Settlement: Interview with Cecilia Kang, Technology Reporter, Washington Post
Cecilia Kang

6am (ET)
Approx. 50 min.
The Future of Faith
Harvey Cox

7am (ET)
Approx. 43 min.
2009 Southern Festival of Books: Shaun Casey, "The Making of a Catholic President: Kennedy vs. Nixon 1960"
Shaun Casey

7:45am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 7 min.
Daybreak: Undoing the Imperial Presidency and Forming a Perfect Union
David Swanson

9am (ET)
Approx. 54 min.
The Kennedy Assassination - 24 Hours After: Lyndon B. Johnson's Pivotal First Day as President
Steven Gillon

10am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 30 min.
2009 National Book Awards
Multiple Authors

12pm (ET)
Approx. 58 min.
After Words: Peter Schweizer, author of "Architects of Ruin" interviewed by Rep. Michele Bachmann

1pm (ET)
Approx. 50 min.
Barack Obama's America: How New Conceptions of Race, Family and Religion Ended the Reagan Era
John Kenneth White

2pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 5 min.
A Colossal Failure of Common Sense: The Inside Story of the Collapse of Lehman Brothers
Lawrence McDonald; Patrick Robinson

3pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 6 min.
Hollowing Out the Middle: The Rural Brain Drain and What it Means for America
Patrick J. Carr

4pm (ET)
Approx. 57 min.
The Predictioneer's Game: Using the Logic of Brazen Self-Interest to See and Shape the Future
Bruce Bueno de Mesquita

5pm (ET)
Approx. 33 min.
Google Book Search Settlement: Interview with Cecilia Kang, Technology Reporter, Washington Post
Cecilia Kang

5:45pm (ET)
Approx. 45 min.
Going Rogue: An American Life
Sarah Palin

6:30pm (ET)
Approx. 45 min.
The Persecution of Sarah Palin: How the Elite Media Tried to Bring Down a Rising Star
Matthew Continetti

7:15pm (ET)
Approx. 45 min.
Sarah from Alaska: The Sudden Rise and Brutal Education of a New Conservative Superstar
Scott Conroy; Shushannah Walshe

8pm (ET)
Approx. 54 min.
The Kennedy Assassination - 24 Hours After: Lyndon B. Johnson's Pivotal First Day as President
Steven Gillon

9pm (ET)
Approx. 54 min.
After Words: Nomi Prins, author of "It Takes a Pillage" interviewed by Sen. Bernie Sanders

10pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 35 min.
Not Invited to the Party: How the Demopublicans Have Rigged the System and Left Independents Out in the Cold
Theresa Amato; James Bennett

Monday, November 23rd

12am (ET)
Approx. 54 min.
After Words: Nomi Prins, author of "It Takes a Pillage" interviewed by Sen. Bernie Sanders

1am (ET)
Approx. 50 min.
The Last Founding Father: James Monroe and a Nation's Call to Greatness
Harlow Unger

2am (ET)
Approx. 59 min.
Rendezvous with Destiny: Ronald Reagan and the Campaign That Changed America
Craig Shirley

3am (ET)
Approx. 54 min.
After Words: Nomi Prins, author of "It Takes a Pillage" interviewed by Sen. Bernie Sanders

4am (ET)
Approx. 54 min.
The Kennedy Assassination - 24 Hours After: Lyndon B. Johnson's Pivotal First Day as President
Steven Gillon

5am (ET)
Approx. 33 min.
Google Book Search Settlement: Interview with Cecilia Kang, Technology Reporter, Washington Post
Cecilia Kang

5:30am (ET)
Approx. 45 min.
The Persecution of Sarah Palin: How the Elite Media Tried to Bring Down a Rising Star
Matthew Continetti

6:15am (ET)
Approx. 45 min.
Sarah from Alaska: The Sudden Rise and Brutal Education of a New Conservative Superstar
Scott Conroy; Shushannah Walshe

7:30am (ET)
Approx. 45 min.
Going Rogue: An American Life
Sarah Palin

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IN DEPTH

In Depth is Book TV's long form LIVE interview call-in program with one author discussing his or her body of work. It airs on the first Sunday of every month, beginning at Noon ET. Here's a look at some upcoming guests...

December--Joy Hakim
Joy Hakim, former teacher and former editor and editorial writer at the Virginian-Pilot newspaper (Norfolk, Virginia), is the author of several books including the "A History of US" series (10 volumes). The series received the James A. Michener Prize awarded by the National Council for the Social Studies. Her book, “Freedom: A History of US” was the inspiration for the PBS series which premiered in 2003. For more on Ms. Hakim and her work, visit joyhakim.com.